Start Your Awards Strategy Today

Do you want to raise your profile, increase your brand awareness, attract new customers, make more sales, or attract and retain employees?

No matter what services or products you offer, winning awards will accelerate your business and make sure you reach all of your goals.

As your outsourced awards department, we will build a unique plan for your business to win awards year after year. Watch this short video to understand why you need an awards strategy now:

Bespoke awards strategy

In the same way as your marketing strategy makes sure your marketing activity brings value to your business, your awards strategy ensures that all the awards you enter deliver great value too.

Our research shows that businesses with a bespoke annual awards strategy win more awards than those without. Read on to find out what's included, and why every awards strategy we create produces award winners…

Assessment

Full business assessment to make sure you only enter the awards you have the best chance of winning, and that meet all your goals. Includes, comprehensive awards research, industry awards analysis, previous winner and and competitor research.

Insights

Your awards strategy will be informed by exclusive behind-the-scenes awards insights from our vast experience of judging and partnering with the business awards industry. We will reveal the secrets to success and make sure your plan puts you on the podium.

Choices

Your strategy will be guided by leading awards expert Donna O'Toole, and will contain handpicked awards and categories. Donna will explain which awards you have a good chance of winning, when you should enter, and how you should approach each entry with the right evidence to win.

Budgeting

We will include awards that offer you PR, media, partnerships, and high impact speaking opportunities. We will even include all the timing and budgeting information you need to know to drive your marketing activities, amplify your brand and maximise your return on awards investment.

Your awards journey starts here:

August Recognition Awards Strategy

As your very own specialist awards department, we will work with you on a one-to-one basis to map out your unique route to awards success.

We will then share a detailed awards strategy that will kickstart your awards journey and raise your profile across your industry and beyond, helping you to achieve your core business goals and stop missing out on the awards and recognition you deserve.

What happens next?

Once you have a clear strategy to win, and a full understanding of your best awards opportunities, we will save you valuable time by expertly creating all of your selected award entries and supporting evidence. We can even manage all the submission process for you.

Don't worry if you're asked to pitch to the judges too, we will craft your full branded pitch deck and even coach you through the entire process to give you the best opportunity to win.

We are an award-winning agency

Let us help you to win too! As a top UK awards agency and part of the Dent Global group, we are on a mission to empower businesses, teams, and individuals by winning awards.

The trust, credibility, and authority gained through recognition helps to build a better future everyone.

  • Our Founder, Donna O'Toole, is a Top 25 CX Influencer and has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to International Awards Judging.
  • We have helped everyone from Global Dragons to Unicorns to FTSE 100 businesses to win major industry awards.
  • 100% of our clients reported a 5-star customer experience.
  • Our win rate is outstanding – the best in the business.
  • We are thought leaders in the awards' industry.
  • Everything we do is centred around our three core values:
    Commitment, Confidence and Clarity.
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We are the chosen agency partner of some of the world's most prestigious business awards, including:

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What are the benefits of awards?

Winning awards raise your profile and brand awareness — leading to increased revenue and investment opportunities, and smarter recruitment.

“Awards mean so much.
They mean the world to your team, they are well received by your clients, and they help you to win all sorts of new opportunities.
Awards are assets that make business easier.
An award makes it easier to attract talent, make sales, and do deals.”

Daniel Priestley, Co-Founder
Dent Global
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“August’s guidance and advice was invaluable when preparing our submission for a number of awards this year.

She helped us to lay out the detail in a way that ensured judges could clearly see compelling evidence aligned to judging criteria, challenged our thinking and helped us to ensure that nothing was left to chance.”

Moyra Smith, Strategic Business Manager
Mercuri International
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“We had the benefit and pleasure of enlisting Donna’s expertise in securing a number of major industry awards. Donna’s unique skill-set and naturally engaging advice have transcended these award wins, helping us to identify and shape our business USPs, thus influencing our strategy, proposition, and marketing.

Alex Marsh, Head of Klarna UK
(former MD of Close Brothers Retail Finance)
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